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Two thesis prints by Matthaeus Aloysius van Hulten (1630-78) of Amsterdam, printed at Douai in 1648 and 1641

Two thesis prints by Matthaeus Aloysius van Hulten (1630-78) of Amsterdam, printed at Douai in... PAUL BEGHEYN SJ Two thesis prints by Matthaeus Aloysius van Hulten (1630-78) of Amsterdam, printed at Douai in 1648 and 1641 The Dutch Province of the Society of Jesus has recently been able to purchase from a private collector an exceptional item of printing: a 'thesis print.'2 The thesis print,3 as a genre, is a product of copper engravers of the baroque and rococo periods. Disputation, in which a student had to publicly defend theses drawn up by his professor in the areas of philosophy, theology, ecclesiastical law, and sometimes medicine, was an important part of the study method of the day. As time went by, it evolved into a 'solemn debate,' held in the main auditorium of the university, in a church or other assembly hall, with a senior ecclesiastical or secular authority acting as patron. Towards the end of the sixteenth century such theses came to be printed in the form of brochures or booklets, and many of these were embellished with an engraving. These book- lets were also published as a broadside with at most a small vignette for illus- tration. In the 1620S this developed into the graphic thesis print, in which the illustration http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Quaerendo Brill

Two thesis prints by Matthaeus Aloysius van Hulten (1630-78) of Amsterdam, printed at Douai in 1648 and 1641

Quaerendo , Volume 26 (3): 207 – Jan 1, 1996

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Brill
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© 1996 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0014-9527
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1570-0690
DOI
10.1163/157006996X00124
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Abstract

PAUL BEGHEYN SJ Two thesis prints by Matthaeus Aloysius van Hulten (1630-78) of Amsterdam, printed at Douai in 1648 and 1641 The Dutch Province of the Society of Jesus has recently been able to purchase from a private collector an exceptional item of printing: a 'thesis print.'2 The thesis print,3 as a genre, is a product of copper engravers of the baroque and rococo periods. Disputation, in which a student had to publicly defend theses drawn up by his professor in the areas of philosophy, theology, ecclesiastical law, and sometimes medicine, was an important part of the study method of the day. As time went by, it evolved into a 'solemn debate,' held in the main auditorium of the university, in a church or other assembly hall, with a senior ecclesiastical or secular authority acting as patron. Towards the end of the sixteenth century such theses came to be printed in the form of brochures or booklets, and many of these were embellished with an engraving. These book- lets were also published as a broadside with at most a small vignette for illus- tration. In the 1620S this developed into the graphic thesis print, in which the illustration

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Published: Jan 1, 1996

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